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Title
Three African boys with wood and cutlass, South Africa, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued
1936-04
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Archiv des Evangelisch-lutherischen Missionswerkes (ELM), Georg-Haccius-Str. 9, 29320, Hermannsburg, Germany
Evangelisches-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen (ELM)
Hermannsburg Mission
USC does not control copyright of the images you are interested in using, so you will need to directly contact the institutions who own the materials. For the publication or re-publication of any images originating from the Hermannsburg Mission, written permission must be obtained from: Evangelisch-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen (ELM), Georg- Haccius-Str. 9, D-29320 Hermannsburg, Germany; Tel. +49 (0)5052 8785, Fax +4905052 69-222; e-mail: archiv@elm-mission.net; Website: http://www.elm-mission.net. Every image published must be directly accompanied by a credit line beginning 'Evangelisch-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen, ...'; together with the reference.
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Description
Photograph of three African boys on Mount Ngwibi. They are wearing torn clothes. Two are carrying small branches, one is holding a cutlass. In the background Mount Enyati is visible.
Handwriting on the back reading: "Drei schwarze Buben auf dem Ngwibi-Berge. Sie kommen aus dem Urwald wo sie sich mit dem großen Buschmesser die Stocke geschnitten haben. Im Hintergrund der Enyati-Berg mit der Enyati-Kohlenmine. April 1936." ("Three black boys on Mount Ngwibi. They come from the jungle where they have cut the sticks with the big cutlass. In the background Mount Enyati with the Enyati cole mine. April 1936.")
Type
image
Format
photographs
photographic prints, 14.5 x 9.8 cm.
Identifier
impa-m60650 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HMIN-H-038
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m60650
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HMIN-H-038.jpg
Subject
Boys
Wood
Cutlasses
General views
Time Period
1936-04
Place
Africa
KwaZulu-Natal
South Africa
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Hermannsburg Mission, 1888-1958
impa-m59833

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